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Okishio on the origin of profits: a Sraffian perspective

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  • Heinz D. Kurz

    (University of Graz and Graz Schumpeter Centre)

  • Neri Salvadori

    (University of Pisa
    Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei)

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In this paper we compare the explanations of profits put forward by Piero Sraffa (1960) and by Nobuo Okishio ([1967] 2022). The two authors may be said to be comrade-in-arms as regards their general outlook on the problem under consideration, with Sraffa following essentially in the footsteps of the classical authors from Adam Smith to David Ricardo and Okishio in those of Karl Marx. They are also united as regards their critical attitude towards alternative explanations of profits and especially of marginal productivity theory. However, there are also a few important differences between them.

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  • Heinz D. Kurz & Neri Salvadori, 2025. "Okishio on the origin of profits: a Sraffian perspective," Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 87-107, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eaiere:v:22:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s40844-024-00293-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s40844-024-00293-z
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    Keywords

    Sraffa; Okishio; Marx; Ricardo; Origin of profits;
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    JEL classification:

    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian

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